S&W Victory w/pictures

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Nice , as a side note I have picked up a couple, very under priced wheel guns.
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Flintlock Tom wrote:Well done!
I thought .38 special and .38 S&W were two distinct cartridges. What does .38 S&W Special mean?
Just the way they were called back then. Smith and Wesson designed them. Means .38 Special.
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If you want, you can send for a factory letter with some historic info about your specific revolver. I got one for my Victory (a 1945).
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arctictom wrote:Nice , as a side note I have picked up a couple, very under priced wheel guns.
I've been using this opportunity if low prices to snatch a few good underpriced revolvers too.

Maybe we should start a, revolver thread?
38 s&w came first, then 38 special-which was developed by s&w- so it was 38s&w special.
38s&w-aka 38/200, aka 38 colt police- is .360" whereas 38spl is .357".

Interesting side note- Colt refused to put their competitors name on their guns, so they made minor changes to the bullet profile and renamed them.
For example 32 S&W Long became 32 Colt New Police.
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That is handsome, Rod. Well wear and happy shooting!
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Thanks, Rod!

I hate you, and hope all your children are born naked!!! :)

Seriously, that was a good deal, and I hope you enjoy the hell out of shooting it!
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